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Clutch free throw shooting down the stretch gave Trimble County a 50-44 win over Shawe’s Hilltoppers in a game which was much tighter than the final score would indicate.

“It was a great game back and forth,” Trimble Coach John Leep III said following the exciting game. “Both teams are really similar—heavily guard oriented. It was a fun game to coach in. The players really enjoyed getting to play against a border rival.”

Trimble County’s Lady Raiders jumped out to an early 10-4 lead early in Monday’s game with Shelby County and never looked back on their way to a 52-44 defeat of the Lady Rockets in what Trimble Coach Kerrie Stewart called “a big win for us.”

While holding a 35-24 advantage late in the third quarter the Lady Raiders weathered a storm over the next six minutes of play at Shelby pulled within one, at 42-41, with 3:54 remaining in the game.

Trimble County’s Skiler Alexander toed the charity stripe with 19.4 seconds remaining in a frenzied game with border rival Carroll County—a contest where the momentum had swung back and forth like the pendulum on a grandfather clock. Alexander and his Raiders had watched a 14-point, 57-43 lead gradually disappear over the final five minutes of the game.

The loss of Carroll County’s Top Gun early in the second quarter contributed to a dismal evening for the Lady Panthers en route to a 53-29 win for Trimble County at Bedford Friday.

Carroll senior Hannah Devine suffered the injury while driving the free throw lane to the basket. Devine suddenly crumpled with a knee injury and left the game with about six-and-a-half minutes remaining in the first half. Devine attempted to return to the game with 4:10 remaining in the half but the pain was too severe to continue.

Experience will be a huge factor in the success of this year’s Trimble County Lady Raiders basketball program. Trimble hopes to build on the 14-13 record of a year ago.

Gone are three players from that team: Raegan Black, Janae Dunlap and Danyal Adams. Black “was a big loss both from a scoring standpoint and rebounding,” Lady Raiders Head Coach Kerrie Stewart said. “She usually drew a tough defensive assignment and provided a lot of leadership.”

Get ready for the “new look” of Raider basketball.
Many of the faces on the floor will be familiar. Most of those on the sidelines will be new. This year’s Raiders are pumped and ready to spring into the “Leep Era” of Trimble County basketball.

John Leep III has replaced Bob Lauster at the helm of the boys’ basketball program. While retaining freshman coach Joe Perkinson from the Lauster program, Leep has brought a new bench of assistants from Carroll County, his alma mater.

Trimble County High School’s “Runnin’ Raiders” closed out the 2011 cross country season in fine style at the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s State Meet Saturday. The meet was held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

Trimble’s boys took fifth place overall in the Class 1-A Meet. There were 27 teams competing in the 1-A 5K.